How to Stress Less with your Baby?

Oh, the moment you find out that you are going to have a baby! The exhilaration, joy, excitement, there isn’t any better feeling. The honor of bringing another life into the world also brings duty and upmost responsibility. Every parent… Continue Reading >

Learning to listen to our babies. One experience that led me to truly understand the world from the baby’s viewpoint.

I have always loved babies, even when I was 10 years old I remember staying with friends and instantly mothering their 8-month-old baby. At any chance I got I would be the one to pick up or hold the baby…. Continue Reading >

BODY SAFETY – Empowering parents to educate their children about body safety and keeping safe.

It’s a topic rarely spoken about. A topic many of us parents don’t know how to approach, or what language to use. However, it’s also a topic we need to talk to our children about. Here’s why… Globally, around 1… Continue Reading >

My experience of being a solo parent. 

Recently I had to be a “single parent” as my partner got offered to go away to Sydney for a month for work to fill in for someone up there. It was 2 weeks before our middle child’s birthday. She… Continue Reading >

Rules for Dating My Daughter

All right dads gather round, we need to talk about our precious little princesses and those disgusting little boys who want to get their filthy hands on them! We know from experience because we were once that hormone crazed little… Continue Reading >

What I understand about motherhood the second time around

It’s now my second time having a baby. The first time was such a life-changing experience, I ended up writing a book about it.  At the time I had a great professional role and really valued my independence. (Yes, I… Continue Reading >

Meet Graeme Mawson – Dad’s Group Leader for Healesville.

Graeme Mawson is one of our Dads group leaders, find out about his experience starting up Dads of Healesville and some of his tips and tricks about being a Dad.   You’re facilitating Dads of Healesville (DGI), tell us a… Continue Reading >

Food Cravings

Managing food cravings A food craving is an intense desire for a specific food, or type of food, and something we have all likely experienced at some time or another. But how can we best go about managing food cravings?… Continue Reading >

How to Raise Good Little People

Does your kid smile at complete strangers? Offer to help someone in need? Say please, thank you and excuse me? Show compassion, kindness and respect at all times? Invite and include everyone in their classroom to their birthday parties? If… Continue Reading >

We have great news, Positive Mind Works is here!

Online counselling is providing mental health counselling services through the internet. Typically, the services offered are via real-time chat, video conferencing and email. Some clients have preferred online counselling in replacement for office visits. Clients can receive initial treatment and… Continue Reading >